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COSTA RICA-BUNDCHEN-BRADY-JOURNALIST-AGGRESSION

AFP

AFP photographer Yuri Cortez (R) explains in court in Puntarenas, 77 km southwest of San Jose how he was shot at by hired bodyguards during the marriage of Brazilian top model Gisele Bundchen and U.S. football player Tom Brady in Playa Santa Teresa in Puntarenas in 2009. AFP PHOTO/EZEQUIEL BECERRA

AFP photographer Yuri Cortez (R) explains in court in Puntarenas, 77 km southwest of San Jose how he was shot at by hired bodyguards during the marriage of Brazilian top model Gisele Bundchen and U.S. football player Tom Brady in Playa Santa Teresa in Puntarenas in 2009. AFP PHOTO/EZEQUIEL BECERRA

NIGERIA-VOTE-CAMPAIGN

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A man walk past a billboard and branded campaign vehicles of the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and running mate Yemi Osinbajo outside the APC campaign office in downtown Akure, Ondo State southwestern Nigeria, on March 23, 2015. Africa's most populous country and top economy, Nigeria, holds general elections on March 28 -- the fifth since civilian rule was restored in 1999. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A man walk past a billboard and branded campaign vehicles of the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and running mate Yemi Osinbajo outside the APC campaign office in downtown Akure, Ondo State southwestern Nigeria, on March 23, 2015. Africa's most populous country and top economy, Nigeria, holds general elections on March 28 -- the fifth since civilian rule was restored in 1999. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

NIGERIA-VOTE

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A young woman displays her Permanent Voter Cards (PCV) at Shimawa, a rural town in southwestern Nigeria, on March 13, 2015. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), recently extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to March 22, to give registered voters yet to collect their cards the opportunity to do so in readiness for the March 28 election. INEC had on march 9, announced that it has recorded 80.61 per cent collection rate of Permanent Voter Cards. A total of 68,833,476 voters were registered for the 2015 general elections out of which 55,490,031 voters had received their PVCs. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A young woman displays her Permanent Voter Cards (PCV) at Shimawa, a rural town in southwestern Nigeria, on March 13, 2015. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), recently extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to March 22, to give registered voters yet to collect their cards the opportunity to do so in readiness for the March 28 election. INEC had on march 9, announced that it has recorded 80.61 per cent collection rate of Permanent Voter Cards. A total of 68,833,476 voters were registered for the 2015 general elections out of which 55,490,031 voters had received their PVCs. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

NIGERIA-VOTE-CAMPAIGN

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A man wears branded sun glasses of opposition All Progressives Congress during a rally christened 'Walk for Change' in Lagos, on March 7, 2015, to drum support for its presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and other candidates vying for offices in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Presidential elections scheduled for February 14 were delayed for six weeks as the military said the ongoing counter-offensive against Islamists Boko Haram meant that troops could not provide security on polling day. Elections will take place on March 28, with gubernatorial and state house assembly polls two weeks later. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A man wears branded sun glasses of opposition All Progressives Congress during a rally christened 'Walk for Change' in Lagos, on March 7, 2015, to drum support for its presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and other candidates vying for offices in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Presidential elections scheduled for February 14 were delayed for six weeks as the military said the ongoing counter-offensive against Islamists Boko Haram meant that troops could not provide security on polling day. Elections will take place on March 28, with gubernatorial and state house assembly polls two weeks later. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

NIGERIA-VOTE

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A man holds a temporary voter's card to search for his details in order to collect a Permanent Voter's Card (PCV) at Ketu district of Lagos, on March 4, 2015. Presidential elections scheduled for February 14 were delayed for six weeks as the military said the ongoing counteroffensive against Islamist militants Boko Haram meant that troops could not provide security on polling day. But Jonathan and his government maintain that major gains will be made by the new election date, March 28, to allow voting to take place. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A man holds a temporary voter's card to search for his details in order to collect a Permanent Voter's Card (PCV) at Ketu district of Lagos, on March 4, 2015. Presidential elections scheduled for February 14 were delayed for six weeks as the military said the ongoing counteroffensive against Islamist militants Boko Haram meant that troops could not provide security on polling day. But Jonathan and his government maintain that major gains will be made by the new election date, March 28, to allow voting to take place. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

John Andretti #43

Jonathan Ferrey

John Andretti #43 who drives a Dodge Intrepid for Petty Enterprises speeds down the trackduring the Food City 500, part of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.Mandatory Credit: Jon Ferrey /Allsport

John Andretti #43 who drives a Dodge Intrepid for Petty Enterprises speeds down the trackduring the Food City 500, part of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.Mandatory Credit: Jon Ferrey /Allsport

NIGERIA-UNREST-ISLAMISTS

STRINGER

Internal displaced children, some who lost their parents, queue for relief materials at a Camp near Zabarmari, a fishing and farming village outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on July 3, 2015. Several female suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up amid panicked villagers fleeing a Boko Haram attack, killing scores, the army and witnesses said on July 4. The latest carnage in series of attacks that have claimed more than 200 lives in just three days happened on Friday night in Zabarmari village, 10 kilometres (six miles) from the city of Maiduguri, the birthplace of the jihadist group. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER

Internal displaced children, some who lost their parents, queue for relief materials at a Camp near Zabarmari, a fishing and farming village outskirts of Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on July 3, 2015. Several female suicide bombers in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up amid panicked villagers fleeing a Boko Haram attack, killing scores, the army and witnesses said on July 4. The latest carnage in series of attacks that have claimed more than 200 lives in just three days happened on Friday night in Zabarmari village, 10 kilometres (six miles) from the city of Maiduguri, the birthplace of the jihadist group. AFP PHOTO/STRINGER

TUNISIA-UNREST-TOURISM

BECHIR TAIEB

Norwegian tourist arrive at the Monastir International airport on June 28, 2015, to leave Tunisia two days after a shooting attack on the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Port el Kantaoui, on the outskirts of Sousse south of the capital Tunis. The attack saw a Tunisian student disguised as a tourist pull out a Kalashnikov assault rifle hidden inside a beach umbrella and open fire on holidaymakers at a popular beach resort killing 38 people, most of them British tourists, in the worst attack in the country's recent history. AFP PHOTO / BECHIR-TAIEB

Norwegian tourist arrive at the Monastir International airport on June 28, 2015, to leave Tunisia two days after a shooting attack on the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel in Port el Kantaoui, on the outskirts of Sousse south of the capital Tunis. The attack saw a Tunisian student disguised as a tourist pull out a Kalashnikov assault rifle hidden inside a beach umbrella and open fire on holidaymakers at a popular beach resort killing 38 people, most of them British tourists, in the worst attack in the country's recent history. AFP PHOTO / BECHIR-TAIEB

NIGERIA-FESTIVAL-COLOUR

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A lady massages a visitor inside a decorated tent during the first edition of Lagos Colour Splash on June 27, 2015. Lagos residents celebrated the first colour powder festival in the country, with people dancing and throwing coloured water and powdered paint at each other on the Lagos Bar Beach waterfront. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

A lady massages a visitor inside a decorated tent during the first edition of Lagos Colour Splash on June 27, 2015. Lagos residents celebrated the first colour powder festival in the country, with people dancing and throwing coloured water and powdered paint at each other on the Lagos Bar Beach waterfront. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

BELGIUM-EU-EPP-SUMMIT

JOHN THYS

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey (R) speaks to journalists as he arrives for a meeting of the European Popular Parties (EPP) in Brussels on June 25, 2015, on the sidelines of an EU summit. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Brey (R) speaks to journalists as he arrives for a meeting of the European Popular Parties (EPP) in Brussels on June 25, 2015, on the sidelines of an EU summit. AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS

NIGERIA-UNREST-ISLAMISTS-WOMEN

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

An official of Critical Rescue International Wahama Barde (C) attends to a displaced mothers at St.Theresa's IDP Camp in Yola, Adamawa State in northern Nigeria, on June 19, 2015. The European Commission said in a statement issued in Abuja that it is providing financial aid to areas affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.The new EU funding will provide immediate support, including clean water, food, shelter, healthcare and protection to the displaced and the host communities in the north east of Nigeria. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

An official of Critical Rescue International Wahama Barde (C) attends to a displaced mothers at St.Theresa's IDP Camp in Yola, Adamawa State in northern Nigeria, on June 19, 2015. The European Commission said in a statement issued in Abuja that it is providing financial aid to areas affected by the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.The new EU funding will provide immediate support, including clean water, food, shelter, healthcare and protection to the displaced and the host communities in the north east of Nigeria. AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

NIGERIA-RELIGION-ISLAM-RAMDAN

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

Muslim men pray to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Jimeta Central Mosque in Yola, Adamawa state, in northeast Nigeria, on June 19, 2015. Tens of millions across the Muslim world fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable during the month, which ends with the Eid holiday. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

Muslim men pray to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Jimeta Central Mosque in Yola, Adamawa state, in northeast Nigeria, on June 19, 2015. Tens of millions across the Muslim world fast from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable during the month, which ends with the Eid holiday. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI

FRANCE-TRIAL-HANDBALL-GAMING

PASCAL GUYOT

French handball player Nikola Karabatic (L) and Tunisian handball player Issam Tej (C) arrive at the Montpellier courthouse, in southern France, on June 19, 2015, to stand trial, with 15 other people, on fraud charges over alleged match-fixing. The 16 defendants, including French handball star Nikola Karabatic, are being investigated over the rigging of a French handball championship match between Montpellier and Cesson in May 2012. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT

French handball player Nikola Karabatic (L) and Tunisian handball player Issam Tej (C) arrive at the Montpellier courthouse, in southern France, on June 19, 2015, to stand trial, with 15 other people, on fraud charges over alleged match-fixing. The 16 defendants, including French handball star Nikola Karabatic, are being investigated over the rigging of a French handball championship match between Montpellier and Cesson in May 2012. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL GUYOT